Dear fellow taxpayers,
Please take the time to sign this online petition to stop Miami-Dade County governments from raising our taxes.
A quick look at my tax notices for Miami-Dade County shocked me to find that my property taxes were increasing 10%.
At least with regard to the Miami-Dade County School Board, Metro-Dade, and the City of Miami, government entities wish to raise taxes by increasing debt or raising the taxable millage rate on that debt or our properties. Your local government may be doing the same.
This is unacceptable because government is wasteful. The School Board, for example, in the depth of the Great Recession, had a budget averaging $14-15,000 per student. While I did attend public elementary at West Lab, my alma mater, the highly-regarded Belen Jesuit Prep, charged $10K per student last year, and has state-of-the-art sports and science facilities, and interactive, internet-connected Smart Boards in every classroom. Of the $14-15,000 per student budgeted to the School Board, only $3K actually reaches schools for salaries and maintenance. Where the rest goes is anyone's guess.
For confirmation of these numbers, please visit:
http://teachdade.wikispaces.com/Effective%20education%20spending
We don't need more taxes from government entities, which are the sort of institutions that got us into this economic mess in the first place. We need fewer taxes so that we can have the freedom to make the right decisions and improve our lives one neighborhood, one household, and one person at a time.
Please sign the petition. Thank you.
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